The Islamophobia Myth

http://www.kenanmalik.com/essays/prospect_islamophobia.html
Year Published:  2005
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX7912

Pretending that Muslims have never had it so bad might bolster community leaders and gain votes for politicians, but it does the rest of us, whether Muslim or non-Muslim, no favours at all. The more that the threat of Islamophobia is exaggerated, the more that ordinary Muslims come to accept that theirs is a community under constant attack. It helps create a siege mentality, stoking up anger and resentment, and making Muslim communities more inward looking and more open to religious extremism.

Subject Headings

• Islam
• Islamophobia
• Muslim Communities
• Muslims
• Religion
• Religious Criticism
• Religious Diversity